I am taking USC - 2.5.

I'm rooting for the Trojans.

SC big REAL BIG

Cal should've beat them. Utah, but it will be close.

I guess we should root for the Scrotums. Since they are leaving, we won't have to compete with them but still will have to compete with Utah.

Extra money is negligible though. If U$C makes the playoff, the conference only gets an extra $6 million from the CFB playoff. But U$C would then get the P12 $4 million for a different NY6 bowl. So a little over $300k per team.

Now if Utah wins, is it actually possible 3 P12 teams play in the NY6? I don't think so... UW is 12, but when a conference loses a team to the 4 team playoff, it is replace in their contract bowl by the next 'best' team. I don't think the Rose would have the lattitite to choose UW over a higher ranked SC, then have SC go to a different NY6 bowls. The Big 12 #2 will get a spot in the Sugar Bowl even if ranked below UW. With the G5 slot, I think UW would somehow have to get to #10 to get a 3rd slot.

BearoutEast67 said:

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I'd like USC to get into the playoff to earn cash for the Pac12. After that, $crew em!

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So let's say USC loses. Do they drop out of the top 12? Do they not get into one of the big bowls? Utah would go to the Rose. I say SC goes to Cotton. Pac 12 still gets two big time payouts. Maybe even three if some other teams lose this weekend, with UW sort of the first one out in the top 12. That would end up with three teams in the top 12 for the PAC 12. OF course, no change for the second round money - the Championship game.

What you have to hope for is TCU losing, and then SC jumping to play Michigan instead of Georgia. At least you can hope to get to round 2.

ColoradoBear said:

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I guess we should root for the Scrotums. Since they are leaving, we won't have to compete with them but still will have to compete with Utah.

Extra money is negligible though. If U$C makes the playoff, the conference only gets an extra $6 million from the CFB playoff. But U$C would then get the P12 $4 million for a different NY6 bowl. So a little over $300k per team.

Now if Utah wins, is it actually possible 3 P12 teams play in the NY6? I don't think so... UW is 12, but when a conference loses a team to the 4 team playoff, it is replace in their contract bowl by the next 'best' team. I don't think the Rose would have the lattitite to choose UW over a higher ranked SC, then have SC go to a different NY6 bowls. The Big 12 #2 will get a spot in the Sugar Bowl even if ranked below UW. With the G5 slot, I think UW would somehow have to get to #10 to get a 3rd slot.

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Utah would go to the Rose. So the other bowls would have the ability to take SC - probably ranked 7 or 8, and Washington - probably ranked 12 or higher.

Really the only possibilities are if TCU loses and moves over to the Sugar Bowl and drops Kansas State out of that slot. Ohio State would go to the playoff, SC would be in the playoff, the Orange would possibly take Tennessee, Rose with Utah, and then the Cotton could take UW against Tulane as an at large.

I'm rooting for SC. More money for us. I hate the B1G and SEC more than any pac 12 school.

Win or lose, USC and TCU will make the playoffs.

okaydo said:

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Win or lose, USC and TCU will make the playoffs.

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Not sure a 2-loss USC at 11-2 -- with both losses to Utah -- would get in ahead of 11-1 Ohio State with a loss to No.2 Michigan. Lincoln Riley-coached teams don't have a good track record in the CFP either, so that could sway the voters too.

BearBoarBlarney said:

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okaydo said:

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Win or lose, USC and TCU will make the playoffs.

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Not sure a 2-loss USC at 11-2 -- with both losses to Utah -- would get in ahead of 11-1 Ohio State with a loss to No.2 Michigan. Lincoln Riley-coached teams don't have a good track record in the CFP either, so that could sway the voters too.

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The best win Ohio State has is against Penn State. Both played ND and SC did better overall, SC beat UCLA and Oregon State - vs Penn State - which has lost to both of the ranked teams it played.

Regardless, I think the anti- Pac 12 sentiment is very high. Although the committee could be swayed by an Anti-Big 10 sentiment as they try to take over the world. So that would be nice.

Which I why I think no matter what TCU is in there. But that leaves no spot for a third PAC 12 team then.

Both the coaches poll and the AP have UW ranked #9. But that means apparently nothing, and both of those have Tennessee ahead of them. The only way to get 3 PAC 12 teams is to get either Tennessee out or Penn State drop.

The order of the at large teams right now is this:

Ohio State
Alabama
Tennessee
Penn State
Washington

Washington is out unless Utah loses, and then they move possibly to the Rose Bowl.

BearBoarBlarney said:

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okaydo said:

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Win or lose, USC and TCU will make the playoffs.

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Not sure a 2-loss USC at 11-2 -- with both losses to Utah -- would get in ahead of 11-1 Ohio State with a loss to No.2 Michigan. Lincoln Riley-coached teams don't have a good track record in the CFP either, so that could sway the voters too.

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I'm not sure a 1-loss Ohio State team that got blown out and only played 12 games will step over a 2-loss USC that had to play 13 games with their only regular season loss being to a Top 12 team by 1 point.

I don't think a 3-loss LSU (even if they win this weekend), 2-loss Alabama or 2-loss Tennessee sitting at home will jump them.

my heart is rooting for the Pac10 (Utah), but my head is rooting for USC (cash from playoffs to the Pac12 + to get the monkey off our back)

tequila4kapp said:

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Utah all the way. F SC.

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Yep. Today, we are all Utes.

I hate SC but man Caleb williams is super good and I'd love USC to go to the CFP so we can get some cash from it.

Caleb has better demeanor than DTR so for the first time I like USC more than UCLA.

Oski87 said:

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The order of the at large teams right now is this:

Ohio State
Alabama
Tennessee
Penn State
Washington

Washington is out unless Utah loses, and then they move possibly to the Rose Bowl.

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Exactly. K-State is still in most cases if they lose. If they get reamed so badly they drop below Texas, Texas would take their place.

Strykur said:

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SC big REAL BIG

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Agree, but who knows

U$C. But Utah has a shot if it drops 45+ points.

oski003 said:

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I am taking USC - 2.5.

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If I'm Elon Musk I would have dropped $5B on SC and given the 2.5

Agreed. Rooting for Utah. Don't like either team, but really can't stand $c. And right now Utah has them on their heels due to the huge momentum swing. 14-0 in the 2nd Q. I'm thinking that Utah wins this. Guess we will see.

Sloppy tackling by $c. Advantage Utah

21 unanswered points for the Utes.

Condoms got nothin' at the moment. They just went 3-and-out again.

won,t root for SC until i die

That's a Jack Tatum hit on that Three Musketeer Ute QB.

With Williams hobbled knocking out rising is $c only hope. Bye bye playoff

Agreed. Feel the same way when $c plays ND or furd. Can't stand all 3 of 'em.

There's the myopia on the board again. Rooting Against USC to miss the CFP - costing us millions and losing credibility - VALUE - for the conference. Yeah they're out the door but we got to milk it for all we got. We ain't earning any time soon.